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This year, the forecast seems to be correct. The weather is getting warmer, which means sakura (桜・cherry blossoms) are just around the corner. My favorite season of the year. It’s like a gift from God…a reward for surviving the long winter (at least for me). Now just before sakura […]

Facebook just reminded me that a year ago–I was in a safari park in South Africa. Last year, I was lucky enough to go to South Africa twice. In March of 2017, I went on my first trip ever to Africa. It was also my first business trip […]

Excited friend: Hey Ploy! I’m going to Bangkok for a week. What should I do there? Me: Oh there a lots of things to do there! Just give me a second…. Of course, as someone who is actually from Bangkok, I know a few places that first time […]

I’ve been writing here and there but it’s been five years since my last post on this blog. Let me tell you that I’ve had the pleasure to meet a few readers over the years, in many locations all over the world, and it’s been really great. I […]

It was March of 2007 when I first visited Japan. It was a very short trip. We visited Osaka first, and then Tokyo and some other cities like most other tourists would do when they visit Japan for the first time. Growing up, I have always been […]

I moved to Osaka in April which is very recently but I am leaving Kansai （関西）soon in less than 2 weeks. Time flies when you’re having fun! I have ended things with my company peacefully and about to move back to Tokyo before moving…again. But that is another […]

Traveling is one thing I can say I would invest on when I have the time, chance and some pocket money. A lot of people have asked if I am a secret agent, rich or if I am a professional traveler but I am none of that (although […]

How many of you can say you have been to a convenient store ‘Grand opening’…at 11 pm at night? I don’t think there are many of us who have done so. I live in my company’s dorm in Osaka not so far from the company, close enough for […]

From a few posts before, I wrote about Yaki-tate melon pan which is a fresh-from-the-oven melon bread sold in bakery vans. It is not widely sold but the soft hot bread is worth trying and definitely not a regular hard sugary melon shaped bread sold in any supermarket. […]

Osaka Aquarium or Kaiyukan 〔海遊館) is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Osaka and probably in the whole Japan for aquariums. It is located in Osaka bay area. This aquarium is famous for its various displays of marine life which is organized in a very impressive […]